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the days when we called her " Juliette.*' She had
placed -her mother at the H6tel Biron as a servant,
and it was she? who in 1913 discovered the Rodin
forgeries in England. It was a curious business,
costing the sculptor a lot of money and bringing
various casts to the Palais which Rodin did not
recognize as forgeries. He agreed that my point
of view was the right one, and withdrew the plaint
he had lodged. He had sent for Montagutelli
and had made him explain the matter at the Hotel
Biron. Montagutelli had pleaded his large family
and then implored pardon for having sold a proof
that Rodin had given him in payment. But he
had been unable to give any information about the
plaster studies or reproductions discovered in
England. M. Paul Cruet had acted as detective
in London for the matter, but Rodin let the matter
drop, not even troubling to find out the explanation
of it all. He simply withdrew his plaint and
dismissed Cruet and his model Juliette, now
Madame H.

When Madame H. arrived at Meudon,